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Manufacturing of chemical products increases in Azerbaijan-TABLE

18 March 2025 12:19 (UTC +04:00)

In January-February of this year, Azerbaijan’s chemical industry, pharmaceutical products, and rubber and plastic manufacturing sectors produced goods worth AZN 363.9 million, APA-Economics reports citing the monthly report of the State Statistical Committee

During the reporting period, the production of pharmaceutical products increased by 21.4%, and chemical industry products grew by 11.4% compared to the same period last year, while the production of rubber and plastic materials declined by 3.6%.

The report also notes that polyethylene production rose by 22.5%, ethylene by 12.9%, and propylene by 5.6%. However, the production of rigid plastic pipes, tubes, fittings, and hoses decreased by 11.8%, while polyethylene bags and sacks saw a 37.6% decline.

Main products produced in the chemical industry:

Product types	January-February 2025	Compared to the same period of the previous year,%	Ready-to-use product inventory as of 01.03.2025
Chemical industry products
Inert gases, thousand cubic meters	7239.3	102.8	65.5
from it: nitrogen, thousand cubic meters	3705.4	96.0	62
Paint and varnish products, tones	5024.6	160.5	570.4
Inorganic chemicals, tons	2 680	44	6 850
from it: iodine, tone	29.3	93.9	11.0
Organic chemicals, thousand tons	133.4	83.7	15.4
from it: ethylene, thousand tons	30.7	112.9	0.9
propene (propylene), thousand tons	26.3	105.6	0.7
methanol (methyl alcohol), thousand tons	52.7	55.5	7.8
Ethyl alcohol, thousand parts	-	-	41.6
Fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, thousand tons	87.1	78.4	27
of which: urea, thousand tons	87.1	78.4	27
Plastic mass in primary form, thousand tons	57.9	115.3	33.9
from it: polyethylene, thousand tons	29.9	122.5	19.4
Adhesives and adhesive substances, thousand tons	28.1	162.4	10.1